Decries record on tax, spending, social policies

3:03 PM,
Aug. 21, 2013

Written by

Ralph Lambert, Asheville

Reading op-eds and letters in the AC-T, the selective listening exhibited by right-wingers is evident. On Aug. 11, Mr. Mumpower demonstrated his usual tone-deaf, uncaring, ham-handed disdain for the poor and jobless. One letter writer said that it was time to "wean the unemployed off food stamps" and that unemployed people "did the math" and decided that they were better off not working. These people and others make simplistic arguments not backed up with facts.I challenge them to find an ordinary job that will support a family of four in this economy. If they can, it would certainly be ...